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I bought the Pinguino-OTG yersterday and I'm trying to install the Pinguino IDE using the New Windows Installer version (1.7.1.4). When I tried to compile an example (Blink) the IDE was looking for C:/pinguino/compilers/p32/bin..There was no such directory created by the installer. I made it manually. Now, allthough that the compilation is beeing done, the upload is issuing errors: NoBackendEnd.Mind you the old x4-easy-rev959 works fine, compiling and uploading.Finally, could you please direct me how to use the board with the Arduino IDE? that is where can I find the appropriate HEX file to upload it on the board? Is there a chance to connect your PIC-ICSP cable with the PIC-KIT3?Thank you in advance

It seems like some sort of libUSB or Python problem to me. First try downloading and installing libusb using the windows installer, also isntall the filter that is available. Alternatively, try using Zadig installer to accomplish the same ( http://zadig.akeo.ie/ ).

Notice that there a few treads in the Pinguino forums about the same problem. Google "pinguino backend". You can find more solution.

You can use the board with Arduino IDE, but this requires changing the bootloader via a PIC32-compatible programmer. You can use PIC-ICSP and PIC-KIT3. Everything is explained in the following two locations:

The hex for MPIDE would work with Arduino IDE. MPIDE is not updated anymore, since the same guys now support the PIC32 plugin for Arduino IDE. The additional boards manager that Arduino IDE team introduced few versions ago really made it simpler to add support for custom boards and even other architectures.

We also have a number of our boards supported via the manager (including PIC32 and STM32 boards) - search in the unofficial list for "OLIMEX":